ProposalsProposal 308
ProposalsProposal 308
The Nouns Art Festival (NounsFes) is an online film art contest and festival. The first event, held in 2022, was financed by the 5ETH Small Grant from Nouns DAO. Primarily successful in Japan, we're planning to host the second event in 2023. This year, we aim to expand globally and attract more participants than before. The main objectives of the festival include:
In this proposal, we request a budget of 47.1ETH to accomplish these goals. The details follow.
NounsFes is an online art festival, conceived by the members of NounsDAO, aiming to educate as many people as possible about the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth. Our theme, "The Importance of a Peaceful and Sustainable Earth," embodies the principle of "Public Good," which Nouns values greatly. This year, we aim to invite diverse submissions and offer more people an opportunity to understand the ideals behind Nouns and NounsFes.
While film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards are renowned, they're bound by traditional business models, prompting us to perceive a need for a new type of film festival. Information transmission methods vary from text, text and images, sound, sound and images, to video. It is clear that video is the most efficient way to communicate information. We believe that there is a huge future potential in short videos viewed through small smartphone screens, given the inconvenience of VR/AR glasses, despite emerging concepts like "virtual space" or "metaverse."
The first event in 2022 allowed us to introduce the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth within Japan via NounsFes. However, we have not yet managed to relay this concept to many who are unaware of Nouns. Hence, this year, we aim to familiarize more people with NounsFes and further disseminate the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth, and the principle of "Public Good" that Nouns values.
NounsFes Updates:
This year, we aim to encourage more people to submit more works by introducing new categories such as Short Video, Vertical Short Video, and Super Short Video. The added categories are designed to be easily accessible to anyone using their smartphones.
Short Video Category The aim is to create 2-3 minute works that evoke emotions and contribute to a better future. The themes are love, peace, or sustainable earth (SDGs). Example work: Theme SDGs
Vertical Short Video Category With the same aim and themes as the Short Video Category, this category calls for works that fully utilize the verticality of smartphone-recorded daily life.
Super Short Video Category This category calls for works under 60 seconds with the same aim and themes as above, focusing on capturing the viewer's heart in a short time.
Last year, we received around 50 submissions. We are strengthening our efforts to attract more entries. The specific measures are as follows:
Through these publicity activities, ensure that the objectives of NounsFes are well-known and create an environment where many people submit their works.
Submitted works will be published on social media platforms (Youtube, TikTok) for review by participants with voting rights.
Last year, we conducted voting using NFTs called "Named Noun" and "Nouns Love" from the collection as voting rights. This year, we will continue using these two NFTs as voting rights and further grant voting rights to NFT holders related to Nouns. This update aims to create a more accessible system for a larger number of people to participate in the voting process.
The award ceremony for outstanding works will be held after the screening. As before, we will host real events by renting a movie theater and invite the creators of the nominated works to walk the red carpet.
Furthermore, at the venue, we will distribute/sell Nouns-related merchandise and conduct workshops to promote the various aspects of Nouns and enhance the excitement of the event. Many members of the Nouns proposal 228: NogglesJackTokyo are part of the project team this time. The event held on May 20-21, 2023, was a great success.
Here are some examples of Nouns-related merchandise that were sold at that time.
This is the movie of that time. {%youtube H2i0gGUXCnA %}
This time, we are accepting submissions from around the world. Attendance at the screening will be from various locations worldwide. For those who cannot attend the venue on the day of the event, we aim to provide a virtual screening venue in metaverses or other virtual spaces, enabling a larger number of participants to join the screening.
(Note: The requested amount for this proposal)
Satoshi Nakajima - Software architect of Windows95 and Founder of Xevo Inc.(Noun245 Owner)
Singularity Society - An organization created to provide entrepreneurs who have the potential to shoulder the next era of Japan and the world with opportunities for study, discussion, information dissemination, networking, and entrepreneurship, and to support them in various ways.
NounsDAO JAPAN - Japanese biggest community of Nouns. Aims to be the community that spreads Nouns the most in the world. Let's embark on an adventure together with Nouns DAO JAPAN.
pNouns - Japanese SubDAO holding Nouns553,556, including Prop238,300, and various other activities to expand NounsDAO in Japan.
List of Submitted Works
https://nounsfes.org/ja/videos
Award Ceremony and Screening of Excellent Works
The award ceremony was held on November 27, 2022, at Shin Open Lab in Minato Ward, Tokyo. The screening was held on December 4, 2022, at Toyooka Theater in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. Toyooka Theater is a historic movie theater that opened in 1927. The screening took place in this historic theater.
Prize Money
The total prize money for the contest was 17.9 ETH (about 4.3 million yen in Japanese yen). The prize money was covered by a 5 ETH Small Grant from Nouns DAO, and by issuing Named Noun and Nouns Love NFTs.
Named Noun
https://opensea.io/collection/named-noun
Nouns Love
https://nouns.love/
That's all.⌐◨-◨
The Nouns Art Festival (NounsFes) is an online film art contest and festival. The first event, held in 2022, was financed by the 5ETH Small Grant from Nouns DAO. Primarily successful in Japan, we're planning to host the second event in 2023. This year, we aim to expand globally and attract more participants than before. The main objectives of the festival include:
In this proposal, we request a budget of 47.1ETH to accomplish these goals. The details follow.
NounsFes is an online art festival, conceived by the members of NounsDAO, aiming to educate as many people as possible about the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth. Our theme, "The Importance of a Peaceful and Sustainable Earth," embodies the principle of "Public Good," which Nouns values greatly. This year, we aim to invite diverse submissions and offer more people an opportunity to understand the ideals behind Nouns and NounsFes.
While film festivals like the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Awards are renowned, they're bound by traditional business models, prompting us to perceive a need for a new type of film festival. Information transmission methods vary from text, text and images, sound, sound and images, to video. It is clear that video is the most efficient way to communicate information. We believe that there is a huge future potential in short videos viewed through small smartphone screens, given the inconvenience of VR/AR glasses, despite emerging concepts like "virtual space" or "metaverse."
The first event in 2022 allowed us to introduce the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth within Japan via NounsFes. However, we have not yet managed to relay this concept to many who are unaware of Nouns. Hence, this year, we aim to familiarize more people with NounsFes and further disseminate the importance of a peaceful and sustainable Earth, and the principle of "Public Good" that Nouns values.
NounsFes Updates:
This year, we aim to encourage more people to submit more works by introducing new categories such as Short Video, Vertical Short Video, and Super Short Video. The added categories are designed to be easily accessible to anyone using their smartphones.
Short Video Category The aim is to create 2-3 minute works that evoke emotions and contribute to a better future. The themes are love, peace, or sustainable earth (SDGs). Example work: Theme SDGs
Vertical Short Video Category With the same aim and themes as the Short Video Category, this category calls for works that fully utilize the verticality of smartphone-recorded daily life.
Super Short Video Category This category calls for works under 60 seconds with the same aim and themes as above, focusing on capturing the viewer's heart in a short time.
Last year, we received around 50 submissions. We are strengthening our efforts to attract more entries. The specific measures are as follows:
Through these publicity activities, ensure that the objectives of NounsFes are well-known and create an environment where many people submit their works.
Submitted works will be published on social media platforms (Youtube, TikTok) for review by participants with voting rights.
Last year, we conducted voting using NFTs called "Named Noun" and "Nouns Love" from the collection as voting rights. This year, we will continue using these two NFTs as voting rights and further grant voting rights to NFT holders related to Nouns. This update aims to create a more accessible system for a larger number of people to participate in the voting process.
The award ceremony for outstanding works will be held after the screening. As before, we will host real events by renting a movie theater and invite the creators of the nominated works to walk the red carpet.
Furthermore, at the venue, we will distribute/sell Nouns-related merchandise and conduct workshops to promote the various aspects of Nouns and enhance the excitement of the event. Many members of the Nouns proposal 228: NogglesJackTokyo are part of the project team this time. The event held on May 20-21, 2023, was a great success.
Here are some examples of Nouns-related merchandise that were sold at that time.
This is the movie of that time. {%youtube H2i0gGUXCnA %}
This time, we are accepting submissions from around the world. Attendance at the screening will be from various locations worldwide. For those who cannot attend the venue on the day of the event, we aim to provide a virtual screening venue in metaverses or other virtual spaces, enabling a larger number of participants to join the screening.
(Note: The requested amount for this proposal)
Satoshi Nakajima - Software architect of Windows95 and Founder of Xevo Inc.(Noun245 Owner)
Singularity Society - An organization created to provide entrepreneurs who have the potential to shoulder the next era of Japan and the world with opportunities for study, discussion, information dissemination, networking, and entrepreneurship, and to support them in various ways.
NounsDAO JAPAN - Japanese biggest community of Nouns. Aims to be the community that spreads Nouns the most in the world. Let's embark on an adventure together with Nouns DAO JAPAN.
pNouns - Japanese SubDAO holding Nouns553,556, including Prop238,300, and various other activities to expand NounsDAO in Japan.
List of Submitted Works
https://nounsfes.org/ja/videos
Award Ceremony and Screening of Excellent Works
The award ceremony was held on November 27, 2022, at Shin Open Lab in Minato Ward, Tokyo. The screening was held on December 4, 2022, at Toyooka Theater in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. Toyooka Theater is a historic movie theater that opened in 1927. The screening took place in this historic theater.
Prize Money
The total prize money for the contest was 17.9 ETH (about 4.3 million yen in Japanese yen). The prize money was covered by a 5 ETH Small Grant from Nouns DAO, and by issuing Named Noun and Nouns Love NFTs.
Named Noun
https://opensea.io/collection/named-noun
Nouns Love
https://nouns.love/
That's all.⌐◨-◨
Just not feeling particularly excited about this one, and not sure that the scaling in funding and operations is justified - would want to see better results at smaller scale before going up to ~50 ETH.
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Im supportive of this community and want it to thrive but this prop failed to win my attention.
love the effort but going from 5 ETH to 47 ETH seems like a bit of a stretch to me here given the limited traction we had last year...
My family loves this channel. It made my wife want to talk about Nouns with me for the first time. Expands our sphere of influence.
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Poll failed to meet vote threshold.
FOR - 14 VOTES
akva556 | "Nounish!"
mamaxargs | "Love it! Similar to Short Shorts, I think, which was awesome!"
AGAINST - 20 VOTES
eltonpenguin | "A lot of money for an online film festival. The grand prize winner from last year had just 400 YouTube views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Usfk_vdss"
marxistmillionaire | "Would love to see an IRL-event instead. And a plan how to get high quality submissions ( which is an issue for every festival). "
byhardy | "Question the quality of submissions that this will yield. Don't feel the ideas in the proposal quite cover these concerns, despite improvements from last year."
ABSTAINS - 9 VOTES
Seems like if it was successful at 5e why do we need to scale it up to 47e? Why not just keep it small?
we support continuing to experiment with reaching new creators/mediums and tapping into the Japanese community
I believe this proposal is genuinely in pursuit of the public good and is a great initiative that also leads to supporting emerging creators.
